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By "best" I'm assuming you mean in terms of speed. Internet Explorer 9 is apparently the fastest web browser for Windows 7. To be completely honest, I've never noticed a difference in browser speed since Firefox 3.6.

Would you be willing to share your tweaks? I've used FF for several years but in the last year, it is unable to open so many sites, argues and freezes when coding isn't perfect, that I'm getting really tired of trying to track down its latest "problem".

I started using Chrome which is fast and ok, addons just don't compare, but then I discovered that Chrome can only be installed on Drive C. I have a small SSD running the OS on C and I would really appreciate it if Chrome didn't think it had to share the SSD.

all of those you generally want to set higher than they are set. However, the higher you set them, the higher the strain on your system. Also, don't up these if you have a slow internet connection.

enter "cache" in the search bar

print.always_cache_old_pres

This you want to set to true. It loads pages out of Firefox's cache when you go back, making for a seemingly faster user experience.

enter "pipelining" in the search bar

network.http.pipelining

make sure this is set to true.
There will be some more pipelining settings, again, you can set the maxrequests one higher if it suits you.

Hope this helps a bit.

For a GUI-aided tweaking of these settings (and some more), look for FasterFox among the Firefox add-ons (it works with the latest versions), this addon lets you set these as well with explaining them as well

I have been using that for years and it's something that I prefer more than IE!!!!

Here are the pro's of Crazy Browser:

rarely crashes
program is small in size
low memory usage
can close program during downloading
you can customize the interface - easily
pick toolbars and buttons to be displayed
make it as simple or complicated as you want
options are very simple
security settings are very easy to setup by 2 or 3 clicks
you can turn off your audio, video, javascript, active X, and java applets
built in pop-up blocker
customizable content to block ads & sites

IMHO, use whatever browser you like as long as it provides alert on malware and other unwelcome stuff that operates hidden in our system! Got hit many times, IE, chrome and Opera got corrupted.Ouch!!! I wished I could opened up all these browsers and repair them ( command lines/script I meant.).

all of those you generally want to set higher than they are set. However, the higher you set them, the higher the strain on your system. Also, don't up these if you have a slow internet connection.

enter "cache" in the search bar

print.always_cache_old_pres

This you want to set to true. It loads pages out of Firefox's cache when you go back, making for a seemingly faster user experience.

enter "pipelining" in the search bar

network.http.pipelining

make sure this is set to true.
There will be some more pipelining settings, again, you can set the maxrequests one higher if it suits you.

Hope this helps a bit.

For a GUI-aided tweaking of these settings (and some more), look for FasterFox among the Firefox add-ons (it works with the latest versions), this addon lets you set these as well with explaining them as well

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